Javascript OL method

[Fred K Meyer Jr]

In Internet Explorer, some web links use the JS method "OL" to effect the
transfer to another web page. On the address bar, it looks like this:
javascript:ol( ... );
where the content between the paratheses specifies the actual web link. This
method does not work on my PC. I can work around this by copying the content
between the paratheses and pasting it into another IE window. However, this
is a pain in the neck. Can anyone suggest a reason? My PC specs are:
Dell Optiplex GX270 3.0 ghertz.
512 mb Ram.
Windows 2000 Pro SP4 with all the latest updates.

[Randy Webb]

Fred K Meyer Jr said the following on 5/19/2006 1:40 PM:

In Internet Explorer, some web links use the JS method "OL" to effect the
transfer to another web page. On the address bar, it looks like this:
javascript:ol( ... );
Post a URL to a page that uses that, and then view source. You will find
a function named ol in that page somewhere. You will also find a page
authored by an incompetent programmer.
where the content between the paratheses specifies the actual web link. This
method does not work on my PC.

Because you don't have the ol function defined.

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[Evertjan.]

Randy Webb wrote on 19 mei 2006 in comp.lang.javascript:

Fred K Meyer Jr said the following on 5/19/2006 1:40 PM:

In Internet Explorer, some web links use the JS method "OL" to effect
the transfer to another web page. On the address bar, it looks like
this:
javascript:ol( ... );

Post a URL to a page that uses that, and then view source. You will
find a function named ol in that page somewhere. You will also find a
page authored by an incompetent programmer.

where the content between the paratheses specifies the actual web
link. This method does not work on my PC.

Because you don't have the ol function defined.

My PC specs are:
Dell Optiplex GX270 3.0 ghertz.
512 mb Ram.
Windows 2000 Pro SP4 with all the latest updates.

Could it be that ol() only works on pcs faster than 5.3 GHz?

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[Fred K Meyer Jr]

Thanks for the input, Randy. Now my question is: how do I define the ol
function?

[Randy Webb]

Fred K Meyer Jr said the following on 5/20/2006 2:00 PM:

Thanks for the input, Randy.
Thanks for quoting what you are replying to next time.
Now my question is: how do I define the ol function?

function ol(){
//code here to do whatever it is that you want ol to do.
}

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